Elsemarijn Bruys (Amersfoort, NL, 1989)
Based in Rotterdam
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EDUCATION
2009 - 2013 HKU, Fashion Design, Utrecht
2005 - 2009 Nimeto, RPC, Utrecht
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PROJECTEN
2021 - 2023 Idiotbox.online, videoart platform, Founder/Co-curator
2019 - 2021 Hectobar.nl, Founder/Organizer
2018 - 2021 Amber Solo Gallery, Founder/Organizer
2016 - 2020 A/V Club, Founder/Organizer
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ART FAIRS
Art Rotterdam ’26 (Heejsteck, groep) (forthcoming)
Enter Art Fair ‘25 Kopenhagen (Heejsteck, groep) (forthcoming)
Scope Miami ’24 (Heejsteck, group)
Unfair Amsterdam ’24 (solo)
Art Rotterdam ’24 (Contour Gallery, solo)
KunstRai Amsterdam ’23 (Contour Gallery, solo)
This Art Fair ’22 Amsterdam (solo)
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EXHIBITIONS
2026 BKS, large scale installation, Tilburg
2026 V2, Installation, Solo, IFFR, Rotterdam
2026 KAde, installation, groupshow Amersfoort
2025 De Villa, installation, Amsterdam (forthcoming)
2025 Into the great wide open, installation, Vlieland (forthcoming)
2025 Brutus, WSOA, ‘OPEN FIELD, a first revisit’, duo show with Loma Doom
2025 Kunsthal Rotterdam, installation collab with Boris Acket, Rotterdam
2025 BKS, large scale installation, Tilburg
2025 Willem II large scale installation, Den Bosch
2025 Rosewood Amsterdam, limited edition, Amsterdam
2025 Design Biennale Rotterdam, groupshow, Rotterdam
2024 Down the rabbit hole, Inflatable installation, Nijmegen
2024 ART Central, group show, Rotterdam
2024 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, solo exhibition, Schiedam
2024 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, group show, Schiedam
2024 NEST - OPEN FIELD, Duo show with Lomo Doom, The Hague
2024 BKS, large scale installation, Tilburg
2023 NDSM, group show, Amsterdam
2023 De School Amsterdam, solo show, Amsterdam
2023 ADE x Felix Meritis installation, Amsterdam
2023 Museum JAN, group show, Amstelveen
2023 UNFAIR, Amsterdam
2023 Radboud Universiteit, Installation (commissioned), Nijmegen
2023 Monopol Berlin, group show, Berlin
2023 Himmel unter Berlin, group show, Berlin
2023 MOMO, installation at MOMO, Rotterdam
2022 Schemerlicht festival, Nijmegen
2022 Contour Gallery, solo exhibition, Rotterdam
2022 Big Art, Contour Gallery, solo show, Amsterdam
2022 Art Amsterdam - Contour Gallery, solo show - A’dam
2021 This Art Fair, solo show - Amsterdam
2021 De Achtertuin during Art Rotterdam, group show, Rotterdam
2020 Hectobar 8.0, Punch, Amsterdam
2020 Not for profit art party, Worm x Almondestraat, Rotterdam
2020 ‘A show in a gallery’, solo show, Patty Morgan, Amsterdam
2020 PUFFS x Phoney Club, solo show, Rotterdam
2019 Hectobar 3.0, Neck of the Woods, Rotterdam
2019 Amber Solo collective, group show, Torrence Art Museum, Los Angeles
2019 Opening night, De groene, Arnhem
2019 Presure, Van Eesteren Museum x Museum N8, Amsterdam
2019 Stedelijk Amsterdam x TNO, Museum N8, Amsterdam
2018 Blauwdruk, group show, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2017 GAZE Interactive art-installation, DTRH festival
2017 Vincent op vrijdag, Van Gogh museum, Amsterdam
2017 WOW Open Air Festival, group show, Amsterdam
2017 Bcademie x Galerie KERS, group show, Amsterdam
2017 LAST SHOW BCADEMY, Worm, Rotterdam
2017 This Art Fair, duo show, Amsterdam
2016 ArtAthina, group show, Bcademie, Athens
2016 The First Show, group show, Bcademie, Rotterdam
2016 Platform Platvorm, group show, Melkweg, Amsterdam
2016 Blauwdruk, group show, Kunsthal KAde, Amersfoort
2016 Anoniem Radio kunstwerk, Mister Motley, Amsterdam
2015 (M)EAT ME, Video project with Debbie Simons, Amsterdam
SET/ ART DESIGN
2024 R.A.V.E. Colab with Boris Acket
2024 AFRO JACK Costume design for visuals
2022 Wandler 5 year Anniversary - custom installation
2022 Drift, custom installation, ism Boris Acket
2020 Mu’ URLAND, graphic motion design
2020 Erker Opera Dagen Rotterdam, spatial design
2020 Landverhuizers, Orkater, costumes & set
2020 Het Verhaal van Anders, Aya danstheater, costumes & set
2020 A/V CLUB x wildeburg, spatial design & programming
2020 Slopera, Opera Dagen Rotterdam, costumes
2019 Foyer, Operadagen Rotterdam, spatial design
2019 Opera is Dood, CLUB GEWALT, costumes en set
2019 Libi, Korzo theater, costumes
2019 ‘His story is history’, NEST, video installation
2019 De week van Eros, Mister Motley, graphic identity
2018 Wildeburg festival, stage design.
2018 URLAND, press photo x 3d scan
2017 ‘Place of Ruin’, NEST TV direction and animation
2017 CRASK JOHAN video clip, art direction
2017 ADE festival/ITW, stage design
2016 Video Cousin, concept and art direction
2016 Where the worst things are for WTWTA festival, art direction
2016 URLAND, Internet trilogie |||, Set design
2016 Grrrrroente, costume design, Tweetakt Utrecht
2016 ZEST, Volkshotel Amsterdam, costume design
2016 CLUB CLUB GEWALT, Club Gewalt, set- and costume design
2016 Kiri Mioqi, Video Art
2016 NIEUW JURK, Big in Japan for Mister Motley, editorial
2015 KIM FAN video project, direction/animation
2015 Cereal, short movie for Scott Franka (UK), art direction
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RESIDENCIES
2020 Patty morgan, Amsterdam
2017 Project 24h, WORM, Rotterdam
COLLECTIONS/CLIENTS
Rosewood Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, J.Coenen, Axola Art
The Artalist, Jaap Sleper